Improvement in insect-destroyers



L A.FINNEY.

' Insect-Destroyers.

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JOHNV A. FINNEY, OF NASHVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN lNSECT-DESTROVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,@18, dated July 15, '1873 application led September 21, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. FINNEY,Vof

`Nashville, in the county of Holmes and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Insect-Destroyer, of which the following is a specification: Y

Figure 1 is aside view of my improved ma- -chine partly in section to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a top view of the rear part of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical crosssectionbf the same taken through the line near its rear end.` The forward end of the machine may be supported by a caster-wheel, l). To the wheel C or axle B is attached a gearwheel, E, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of a small gear-wheel, F, attached to the end of the journal ofthe roller G, around which the endless belt H passes. The belt H also passes around a similar roller pivoted in the forward end of th box (l. The belt H is provided with crossars to carry the insects forward. The belt H may be a close belt, in which case the insects are carried forward upon the belt itself; or the belt H maybe an open belt, in which case a platform, I, must be placed beneath the upper part of the said belt, along which the insects are swept by the cross-bars of the belt. From the belt H, or from the end of the platform I, the insects dropvinto the hopper J, placed beneath :the roller G, to kreceive them, and which has a slot or opening in its bottom,

through which the insects drop into the angle between the revolving axle B and the roller K, where they are crushed and drop through an opening in the bottom of the box C to The upper part of the endless apron H, when made open, is held down closely upon the platform I by a spring-guard, L, attached to the box C. The upper side of the forward part of one of the sides of the box Gis cut away, and replaced by an inclinedbapron, M, so arranged as to receive the insects as they are knocked from the plants and guide them to the endless apron H. N

is a reel, the shaft of which revolves in bearings in arms O, attached to the ends of the box G. The arms O should be adjustable so that the reel may be adjusted as circumstances may require. To the shaft of the reel v2N is attached a cone-pulley, P, around which passes a belt, Q, which also passes around a cone-pulley, B, attached to the shaft S, one end of which revolves in bearings attached to the end of the box C, and its other end revolves in a support attached to the bottom of said box G. To the inner end of the shaft S is attached a gear-wheel, T, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the gearwheel E, so that the reel may be operated by the advance of the machine.

By shifting the belt upon the cone-pulleys l? It, the reel N may be made to revolve faster or slower, as may be desired. In case the plants are tender, the reel N may be revolved slowly, and the insects knocked oil' by giving the reel-arm a sharp jar as it comes in contact with said plants. This jar is given by the hammers U, the handles of which are pivoted to the said arms, and the heads of which are held against said arms by coiled springs V, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

W is a stop-bar, attached to one of the arms O in such a position that the ends ofthe hammer-handles may strike against it to raise the hammer-heads away from the reel-arms. As the reel-arms come in contact with the plants, the ends of the hammer-handles slip from the stop-bar W, and the hammer-heads are drawn by the springs V against the reel-arms with a sudden blow, knocking the insects from the plants upon the. inclined apron M and endless apron H.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The carrier-belt H provided with crossbars, the platform I, and the bottom-slotted hopper J, combined with roller K and axle B, as and for the'purpose described.

2. 'The combinatiom'with endless apron H and platform I, of the spring-guard L,ar ranged as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the springhammers U V and stop-bar W, with the reel N, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

vWitnesses: JOHN A. FINNEY.

THOMAS ALLIsoN, DAvIn FINNEY. 

